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Configuring and working with the shells

What is a shell?

Shells are interactive programs that provide a ``glue'' that fastens other programs together. They perform the following tasks:

The shells provide a command line interpreter that responds to typed commands, and a programming language that allows you to create scripts.

Your work takes the form of a dialogue with your shell, which acts as the interface between you and the rest of the system. Like all good interfaces, your shell allows you to customize it to make life easier.


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